I had to break down.

[derien]

From bravecows...


(I was going to do the one where you count off every tenth one, but every tenth one was dull, and I got distracted into shortening my interests list.  Having them chosen randomly is easier.) 

LJ Interests meme results

1. british humour:
   There's so amazingly much British humour that's like knives - smart, cutting, has a point.  I like knives, too.
2. douglas adams:
   Okay, there's some lame in The Hitchhiker's Guide, but there's so much crack (which should be spelled craic).  And then Dirk Gently!  And that chick in "Long, Dark Teatime of the Soul" kicked ass. 
3. g. manville fenn:
   I'm a dork for listing G. Manville Fenn, because I've never actually read his stuff.  What I've read is the snippets Daegaer posted, and her pastiches.  I tried to read Young Robin Hood and didn't get very far. 
4. hugh laurie:
   I try to resist, but he's got this way of moving, and saying things, and those big blue eyes, and he can jump from 'sweet and dumb' to 'smart and mean' in .23 seconds (you see it in A Bit Of Fry And Laurie).  And then I read the articles about where he's working on "House" and he's such a self-flagellating perfectionist - very familiar. :)
5. lois mcmaster bujold:
   Okay, her characters are over the top - the hunchback dwarf who has the 8-foot horse-faced warrior woman and the hermaphrodite both in love with him.  His mother, who assassinates a guy and casually tosses his head on the council table in a plastic bag - yay Large Caliber Wet Dreams!  I can't resist. 
6. pervy hobbit fanciers:
   Yes I do love the hobbit stories - Merry/Pippin/Frodo/Sam in any combination - but it was just so cool to find there's other people who love the hobbit stories as much as I do.  And, pervy hobbit fanciers tend toward the smart, clever, insightful and delightful.  Or at least one does. ;)
7. redheads:
   I know there's people who don't find redheads attractive, but I have a hard time believing it.  It doesn't matter the gender, show me red hair and I'll look twice. :)
8. shopping for books:
   Yay!  I often feel like wiggling like a puppy-dog when I enter a bookstore.  So many thoughts and feelings, each book a different glimpse into someone else's mind.  And then the information, which can serve as background fodder for me to write from.  It's all yay! :)
9. terry pratchett:
   Yeah, yeah, I know he walks a mile for a pun and telegraphs it a week ahead of time.  But he also does Dwarves better than anybody, and his Elves are EVIL and just the idea of Vampires addicted to coffee or photography is so cute, and Death being a sweetie!  And, and, and!  And references to things I'd never have heard of it I didn't read the L-space archives. 
10. yellow waistcoats:
    Bertie Wooster wore one.  So did Merry Brandybuck.  If that's not good enough I don't know what is.  They just look so spiffing and cheerful. 

Enter your LJ user name, and 10 interests will be selected from your  interest list.

That made me rather happy, thinking about why I like all the things I like.  I ought to do that more often.

Comments

[bravecows.livejournal.com]

I like your interests. Why 'craic'?

[tootsiemuppet.livejournal.com]

I still think "self-flagellating" sounds immensely kinky.

douglas adams
I read bits from The Meaning of Liff in the store as well (I'm penniless and they let me. Shush.) Much love for DA. That and I love any author who's good to his readership. Hence, love Tolkien, love Pratchett, love Gaiman, love Adams.

And, pervy hobbit fanciers tend toward the smart, clever, insightful and delightful. Or at least one does. ;)
*G* You're talking about Tolkien, of course? ;) (Because we all know he secretly slashed his own hobbits.)

It doesn't matter the gender, show me red hair and I'll look twice. :)
Whoot! Wait, I don't count since it's dyed, right? Damn.

And, and, and! And references to things I'd never have heard of it I didn't read the L-space archives.
Ehehe, geeky confession: every time I've finished a Pratchett book, the first think I do is go to L-Space and giggle some more over the annotations. I should really carry on with my Wodehouse one. The world needs it.

And YAY for yellow waistcoats! ^_^ I watched J&W together with onecheekyhobbit and every time Bertie wore that waistcoat we'd squeal. Ahh good times.

[derien.livejournal.com]

http://www.livejournal.com/users/daegaer/472963.html

(the last line - her language note. :))

[derien.livejournal.com]

I still think "self-flagellating" sounds immensely kinky.


Me too - I can't resist the image that conjures up. ;>

I love any author who's good to his readership. Hence, love Tolkien, love Pratchett, love Gaiman, love Adams.


Adams wasn't so good to us in "Mostly Harmless," but still, I can forgive the crankyness.

(Because we all know he secretly slashed his own hobbits.)

Hee! Oh, I would just faint of delight if we ever found out he did that! :) Still, not having any personal acquaintance with Tolkien, it's not likely I'd be calling him 'delightful.';)

Wait, I don't count since it's dyed, right? Damn.


With the natural red there's a particular shape of face and hands that goes with it (and it's a homely face, really, but there's something about it I like). And the freckles. But, dyed red hair is good, too, and one doesn't need to be a redhead to have good freckles.

I should really carry on with my Wodehouse one. The world needs it.

A Wodehouse annotations site? There isn't anything like that, yet? I suppose there probably isn't. My god, that'll be a life's work, though. You should have some sort of Wikipedia-like setup where people get to add things for you.

[tootsiemuppet.livejournal.com]

Adams wasn't so good to us in "Mostly Harmless," but still, I can forgive the crankyness.

Well, I was talking about just author-to-reader interaction, really. Like the way he kept a blog and would answer most of the emails that he got.


*jumps up and down* I have freckles! I have freckles ;)

A Wodehouse annotations site? There isn't anything like that, yet? I suppose there probably isn't. My god, that'll be a life's work, though. You should have some sort of Wikipedia-like setup where people get to add things for you.

Really the way it stands now, it's just a Wodehouse Annotation Page, really. It's purely for the references he makes to other writers/poets/plays/music/etc. I've got what? a little over a hundred pages now? I'd like to get the bulk of it done and then plop it down on a site somewhere like the Annotated Pratchett File and have people email me with additions.

I'll send you what I've got so far next time I see you online.

!

[derien.livejournal.com]

mmmmm.... freckles.... *falls into a reverie over freckles*

*shakes herself forceably out of it*

Ah, yes, Wodehouse annotations - looking forward to seeing that! :)